Wire fence



(No Model.)

1.11. HOLLINGER.

WIRE FENCE. v

Patented Dec; 1,1891

I nyerz w" UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

ISAAC K; HOLLINGER, OF IVEAVERS STATION, OHIO.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,435, dated December1, 1891.

Application filed August 27, 1891. Serial No. 403,883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC K. HOLLINGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at IVeavers Station, in the county of Darke and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Fences; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to an improvement in stays for wire fences;and it has for its prime object to produce a stay of such a character asto form a link or loop connection between the runners, whereby bothvertical and lateral motion of said runners may be allowed withoutbending or impairing the stay in any manner whatever.

A further object of the invention is to produce such a stay from wire orthe like and provide a cheap and simple means for hold- 7 ing the samein proper position. on the rum ners.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following descriptionand claims when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, inwhich-.- Figure 1 is a perspective of a portion of three runners,showing my improved stay and holding or stop devices in positionthereon. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modification. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of one of the modified forms of stay removed from therunner. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the stop devices, andFigs. 5 and 6 show constructions by which single wires are used forstays.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A indicates the runners of anordinary wire fence, there being any suitable number employed, accordingto the height or size of the fence used.

B indicates my improved stay. This stay is formed from Wire or othersuitable material, wire being preferred for the sake of cheapness inmanufacture. In constructing the stayI take a piece of wire ofsufficient length and form on each end thereof an eye a, after which Ibend the wire midway of its length into a U-shaped or looped form. Thusfar I produce one half or section of the stay. I then take another pieceof wire of a corresponding length and shape it in a similar manner,thereby producing theother half or section of the stay.

In applying the stays the runners are passed through the eyes of onesection or the eyes may be turned over the runners in applying the sameto afence. The other section of stay is then linked into the loop offirst-named section and the next runner receivedin the eyes thereof. Itwill thus be seen that I have a loop or link connection formed in thestays between the runners; and it is obvious that any upward or downwardpressure upon the runners will only tend to slacken said sections ofstay, and when the runners are relieved from such pressure the stayswill resume their normal positions. true when the fence or stays aresubjected to lateral strain, as the sections of stay will act as links,returning to a vertical posltlon When relieved. In some instances theeyes on the sections 1) and c of the stays may be wrapped sufficientlytight upon the runners as to fix the same; but as it is desirable tohave them hinged for the sake of allowing lateral play I have provided astop to retain said stays from longitudinal movement upon the runners.This step may be composed of a single piece of wire 0, as better shownin Fig. 4=ofthe drawings, having an eye (I at opposite ends and bent soas to embrace the runners and straddle the ends of the sections of stay,as shown. These stop devices, when used on the central or intermediaterunners, are designed to straddle the connected ends of the stays, sothat one stop device may be used for two sets of The same is makethestays in the form shown in Fig. 3

loopf, so as to embrace the branches of the main loop from the oppositeside, the transverse loops thus formed approximating a reversible S.

Another modification of my invention is shown in Fig. 5, in whichconstruction I form the stay-sections from single wires, and instead ofmaking elongated loops I provide eyes at their connections.

The construction in Fig. Gdiffers from that shown in Fig. 5, in that theformer has plain eyes linked together, while in the latter the wire,after the eyes have been formed, is coiled or twisted around the mainbranch, as shown.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is-

1. In a wire fence, the combination, with the runners, of a stay securedthereto and a stop straddling the stay and secured on the outer'sidesthereof to a runner, substantially as specified.

2. In a wire fence, the combination, with a runner, of the staycomprising two linked sections and a stop on the runner at each side ofthe stay, substantially as specified.

A stay for wire fences, formed from two pieces of wire bent in loopedform and having eyes on the opposite ends of the branches of the loopand terminating in two reversiblydisposed transverse loops, whichembrace the branches of a main loop adjacent to the eyes thereof,substantially as specified.

4c. The combination, with the runners of a wire fence, of a staycomposed of two wires bent in looped form and linked together and havingtheir ends terminating in eyes to receive the runners and a stop forlimiting the longitudinal play of the stays on the runners,substantially as specified.

In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC K. IIOLLINGER.

Witnesses:

- J AS. H. BANKS,

WILLIAM H. GLUNT.

